Ilyas

Ilyas ( Arabic الياس) is a male Arabic given name. The name comes from Elias , the Latinization of Greek  Ἠλίας and Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ Elijáhu , back and comes from the prophet Elijah in the Old Testament . It means "My God is YHWH ".

Origin and meaning

The name Ilyas is used in several Koran passages for the prophet Elijah, for example in Sura 6 : 85 and Sura 37 : 125. It is a derivation from the Greek Ελιας (Elias).

Name bearer

• Abdarrahim ibn Ilyas (Fatimide) , Prince of the Fatimids, heir to the throne
• Fahmi Ilyas (* 1992), Malaysian racing driver
• Mansur ibn Ilyas , Persian physician and anatomist

See also

• İlyas

Remarks

1. ↑ Ilyas on vornames-weltweit.de
2. ^ AJ Wensinck / Vajda in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, III. Edition, Brill: Leiden 1986, p. 1156